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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

New Year's Celebration Around The World (Oceania)

Australia

Each major city in Australia holds New Year's Eve
celebrations, usually accompanied by a fireworks display and other events. Gloucester
Park, a racecourse in central Perth, is the largest and most
recognized display in the Western Australian city. In Brisbane and Southbank events are held
throughout the cities. At night, 50,000 people gather at sites around the Brisbane
River to watch a fireworks display.

The two largest celebrations in Australia are held in its two largest
cities; Sydney
and Melbourne.
Each year, the celebrations in Sydney are accompanied by a theme with two
pyrotechnic shows; the 9:00 pm Family Fireworks and the Midnight
Fireworks. Centering on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the
fireworks are synchronized to a blend of popular music and a lighting display
called the "Bridge Effect", which displays various symbols and other
images related to the current year's theme, is shown on the bridge itself. The
"Midnight Fireworks" are regularly watched by more than one million
people at Sydney Harbour. As one of the
first major New Year's celebrations globally each year, Sydney's Midnight
Fireworks are often broadcast throughout the world during the day of 31
December. They are regularly watched by one billion people.

Kiribati

Kiritimati
(UTC+14),
part of Kiribati,
is the first location in the world to welcome the New Year.

New Zealand

Gisborne, New Zealand—496.3
kilometres (308.4 mi) west of the International Date Line is the
first major city to see the beginning of the new year. In New
Zealand, cities celebrate with large street parties and fireworks
displays. Local councils usually organise parties and street carnivals and
fireworks displays, however, liquor bans have been imposed on many of the more
popular areas due to disorder, vandalism and other anti-social behavior. In Auckland,
the top of the Sky Tower—the tallest
freestanding structure tower in the Southern Hemisphere— is the launch site for
a fireworks show.

The New Zealand national
cricket team have begun playing a one-day International cricket game
in Queenstown during the day of
New Year's Eve.